"I am somebody." "I am somebody." "I am leader not a follower." "I am leader not a follower." His voice carried throughout a crowd of students as they repeated the words of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The internationally known civil rights leader appeared on the Grambling State University campus last week. Jackson was invited to […]
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President Bush’s budget is an affront to common sense
The budget of a nation is the reflection of its public policy commitments from its political leaders for its citizenry. It’s the most important financial document for a nation. The proposed federal budget (2006-07) has a deficit of $400 billion without the Iraq/Afghanistan war expense, which will be another $100 billion supplemental budget to be […]
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Financial Aid Office honors student workers
The student employees of the Financial Aid Office received a break from their ordinary workday when they were honored at the annual Student Employee Appreciation Luncheon on Friday afternoon. Every year, a small awards ceremony is given to the student employees in Financial Aid in recognition of National Student Employee Appreciation Month, said Katherine Mixon, […]
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‘ATL’ surprisingly exceptional movie worth seeing
During spring break, I got the chance to see ATL and was pleasantly surprised. As I took my seat in the theater and sat through all the previews, I expected to see a typical thug-life film filled with shootings and killings. But what I saw was a surprisingly exceptional, coming-of-age story about four teenagers growing […]
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New eatery opens in The Village
Grambling, there is a new restaurant in The Village called RJ’s Cafe, and it is bringing a smile to everybody who dines there. This restaurant’s menu right now is basic but carries a large impact on your stomach. RJ’s serves popcorn shrimp, oysters, chicken tenders, catfish, and smoked turkey legs, all for only $4.60. On […]
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Floyd Sandle Players shine at conference
Twelve students of Grambling State University’s Speech and Theatre Department traveled to Los Angeles for the 70th annual National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts conference on April 5-8. The students participated in competitions in poetry, prose, duet acting, dramatic monologue, extemporaneous speaking, Reader’s Theatre, costuming, and The Allen Williams One Act Play festival. The […]
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Honors students inducts members
The Grambling State University chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, an international social sciences honor society, last week held an induction ceremony and recognized scholarship honorees. Twenty-five new members were inducted into the Louisiana Eta Chapter during a luncheon in Washington-Johnson Complex. Crystal Harris was recognized as being GSU’s first recipient of a scholarship from the […]
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God’s plan is the right plan
Do you value life? Do you live knowing that tomorrow is not promised? Do you take everything for granted because you think you are too young to die? Did you know 5,714 people died in Louisiana last year and 630 of them were infants? You can see that death has nothing to do with age […]
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GSU receives LA GEAR UP grant
Grambling State University’s LA GEAR UP Summer Learning Camp program just keeps growing and growing. Last summer, a $37,000 LA GEAR UP grant funded a one-week camp for 50 students in the eighth, ninth and 10th grades. This summer, an $85,674 grant will provide two, one-week camps for 120 pupils. Drs. Loretta Walton Jaggers and […]
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Politeness taken to new level
Most people walk around campus half the time taking for granted the friendly faces they encounter by crossing someone’s path and not even extending so much as a hand wave. It is quite unfortunate how inhumane people have become. Most people think it is a "southern thing" to speak to people as we pass each […]